Well, I am here in the hole they call Iraq, it isn't much but it's home for now. We had a few stops, one of which was Sicily and I was able to see Mnt. Etna from a distance. This photo is one I found on the internet but it is very much the same angle and distance that I saw and photographed it from.

I am heading to Iraq in a few hours...and I don't like it.

The Unforgettable Fire

Ice, your only rivers run cold

City lights, they shine as silver and gold

Dug from the night, your eyes as black as coal.

Walk on by! walk on through!

Walk 'til you run, and don't look back

For here I am.

Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin

Through alcohol, red wine that punctures the skin

Face to face, in a dry and waterless place

Walk on by! walk on through!

So sad to besiege your love so head on

Stay this time! Stay tonight in a lie!

I'm only asking but I...I think you know

Come on take me away, come on take me away, come on take me home...

Home again

And if the mountain should crumble

Or disappear into the sea

Not a tear, no not I

Stay in this time! Stay tonight in...

Ever after, this love in time, and if you save your love!

Save it all

Don't push me too far

Don't push me too far

Tonight, tonight, tonight...

U2

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I was standing in line today at the Post Office and there was a woman in front of me who was talking on her cell phone the entire time and even while she was being helped at the counter. I found this to be very annoying and I said something to the woman at the counter about how rude it was and she quite agreed with me and said that she didn't even want to get started on that subject.
Technology is nice, I am not denying that, but lets not let it trample underfoot our manners. Social graces and basic etiquette have been lost on our society and in our day. Take the time, talk to someone....shake someones hand and say hello.

“Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.”

Edmund Burke

I can't wait to go to college. Then again, I can't wait to do a lot of things.

Bored at work.......

My car after making the trip back from Vt.

I went for a ride today and along the trail I saw this plant, I though it looked pretty cool so I photographed it.

The Splendid Splinter

Wow...way to let me down Boston sports teams........what a terrible day.

I love refund checks and days off.

I am in Iraq right now

How old is your car?

I saw this on Yahoo and it's rather interesting.